Object class: Weights (scale components) / Donor: Franklin H. Williams - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Gold weight, accession number 5-10610, described as Goldweight; brass, lost cast wax, cogwheel shaped with dotted circle design, 24.32 gm. weight called esiabo mienu "double asia". This is an early piece made in the period 1400-1700 A.D.*, and is of historical interest. The everyday businessman's weight were for the amounts of gold dust used for money in much of West Africa from the 1400's through the 1800's.

Hearst Museum object titled Gold weight, accession number 5-10553, described as Gold weight, brass, lost wax cast; square, w/ a row of the line segments and triangular designs, on top, 4.45 gm. weight called nsoansa. The everyday businessman's weight for the amount of gold dust used as money in much of West Africa from the 1400s through the 1800s.

Hearst Museum object titled Gold weights, accession number 5-10591, described as Gold weight, brass, lost wax cast; design of triangles and triangular notches, 69.61 gm. weight, large unit called pereguan. The everyday businessman's weight for the amount of gold dust used as money in much of West Africa from the 1400s through the 1800s.

Hearst Museum object titled Gold weights, accession number 5-10507, described as Gold weight, brass, lost wax cast; triangular object with a bar dividing the middle, 7.99 gm. weight called bremansuru.

Hearst Museum object titled Gold weights, accession number 5-10584, described as Goldweight, brass, lost wax cast; square with a line and comb-like designs, on top, 3.57 gm. weight called borofo. The everyday businessman's weight for the amount of gold dust used as money in much of West Africa from the 1400s through the 1800s.

Hearst Museum object titled Gold weights, accession number 5-10594, described as Goldweight, brass, lost wax cast; flat rectangular with a raised perimeter and two diagonal lines connecting the opposite corners, 9.2 gm. weight called suru/ piresuru. The everyday businessman's weight for the amount of gold dust used as money in much of West Africa from the 1400s through the 1800s.

Hearst Museum object titled Gold weights, accession number 5-10590, described as Pendant; lost wax cast, brass replica of Ashanti fertility doll 9akua-ba), blackened. ht. 5 cm. Described by donor as a fake figurative gold weight

Hearst Museum object titled Gold weights, accession number 5-10593, described as Gold weight, brass, lost wax cast; rectangular pyramid, 14.86 gm. weight called onansia/onamfi. The everyday businessman's weight for the amount of gold dust used as money in much of West Africa from the 1400s through the 1800s.

Hearst Museum object titled Gold weights, accession number 5-10551, described as Goldweight, brass, lost wax cast; square pyramidal shaped w/ a protuberance on top, 2.73 gm. weight called bodommofa/soa. The everyday businessman's weight for the amount of gold dust used as money in much of West Africa from the 1400s through the 1800s.

Hearst Museum object titled Gold weights, accession number 5-10579, described as Goldweight, brass, lost wax cast; flat, warped, square with branch-like designs, on top, 2.99 gm. weight called soa. The everyday businessman's weight for the amount of gold dust used as money in much of West Africa from the 1400s through the 1800s.

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